When the nose doesn’t know: Can loss of smell be repaired?
Credit: Jim Schwob and Brian Lin in Cell Stem Cell BOSTON (December 4, 2017)–Researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine, led by Dr. James E....
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Monkey study shows Zika infection prolonged in pregnancy
Credit: Photo by Jeff Miller/UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. — University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers studying monkeys have shown that one infection with Zika virus protects against future...
Ebola survivors have a ‘unique’ retinal scar
Credit: University of Liverpool Researchers from the University of Liverpool have conducted a study of Ebola survivors to determine if the virus has any specific...
Survival of soil organisms is a wake-up call for biosecurity
Credit: Lee T. Aalders Tiny creatures in soil that attack plants have shown the ability to survive for at least three years stored in dry...
New method creates liver bioscaffolds with intact ECM for reseeding…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 13, 2017-Researchers have reported a method for successfully removing the cellular material from whole human...
Hookah tobacco labels are misleading, Roswell Park, UB researchers…
Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. — Label information on many hookah tobacco products is misleading and may be misinterpreted by consumers, according to new...
Expanding waistlines and metabolic syndrome: Researchers warn of new ‘silent…
Credit: Florida Atlantic University For decades, American waistlines have been expanding and there is increasing cause for alarm. Researchers from the Charles E. Schmidt College...
Treacherous correlation in the brain from smoking
Credit: Photo by Cecilia Hedström. Out with the cigarette pack, put a cigarette in the mouth and light up. That is a well-known action for...
Medical students not trained to prescribe medical marijuana
Credit: Washington University School of Medicine Although 29 states and the District of Columbia allow marijuana use for medical purposes, few medical students are being...
Feathered fathers and mothers have diverse parenting arrangements
Credit: Nature MANHATTAN, KANSAS — Birds of a feather flock together but they schedule parenting duties differently, according to a Kansas State University researcher. Brett...
Large, innovative autism project sparks hope for better treatments
Credit: Sarah Pack No words can describe how happy Quanita Estell is to hear her six-year-old son come home with hilarious stories to tell. First,...
Quest to prevent Macular degeneration continues with UA…
Credit: Kris Hanning, UAHS BioCommunications TUCSON, Ariz. – After showing that individuals who take levodopa, or l-dopa, for movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease are...
Murine study finds potential boost for ovarian cancer drug Olaparib
Credit: Qu et al., 2017 Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have discovered that the metabolic enzyme phosphoglycerate mutase 1 (PGAM1) helps cancer cells...
New study examines child death rates in motor vehicle crashes by state
Credit: The Journal of Pediatrics Boston, MA– Unintentional injury is the leading cause of pediatric death in the U.S. and motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) are...
The only detox you’ll ever need (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2017 — People talk all the time about how they need to "detox." And there's a line...
